Press Releases

February 15, 2008

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS REQUEST ASSISTANCE FOR SAS SHOEMAKERS EMPLOYEES IN PITTSFIELD

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today requested that the U.S. Department of Labor approve a Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) petition filed on behalf of the 138...

February 15, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON DAVID WALKER’S DEPARTURE FROM GAO

David Walker, who is the United States Comptroller General and the head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congress’s chief watchdog organization, announced that...

February 15, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS MOURNS THE PASSING OF DICK WARREN

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released this statement following the passing of Dick Warren, former publisher of the Bangor Daily News. "Dick Warren's passing is a...

February 15, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS QUESTIONS DHS CHIEF ON TWIC CARD AVAILABILITY

Yesterday, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, questioned Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff about the...

February 14, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES THAT THE NAVY HAS AWARDED BATH IRON WORKS $1.4 BILLION FOR DDG-1000 CONSTRUCTION

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, who is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works (BIW) a final...

February 14, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS QUESTIONS DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF ABOUT PROPOSED CUTS TO HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff today testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee to discuss the Department’s fiscal year 2009 budget...

February 14, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $285,000 CONTRACT FOR MAINE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that KMK Construction of Eliot, a Service Disabled Veteran-owned small business, has been awarded a $285,971 contract from the U.S....

February 14, 2008

COLLINS QUESTIONS DHS CHIEF ABOUT PROPOSED CUTS TO HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff today testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee to discuss the Department’s fiscal year 2009 budget...

February 13, 2008

SENATORS SNOWE AND COLLINS ISSUE STATEMENT ON NOMINATION OF PETER CIANCHETTE TO BE AMBASSADOR TO COSTA RICA

The White House has announced that it will nominate Peter Cianchette to be U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins released the...

February 13, 2008

LEGISLATION NEEDED TO REQUIRE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES TO STEP UP CIVIL SUPPORT DURING DOMESTIC CATASTROPHES

U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., said Wednesday they would move to...

February 13, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $31,682 FOR NORWAY FIRE DEPARTMENT

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, today announced that the Department of Homeland Security has awarded $31,682 in grant funding...

February 13, 2008

NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES TO STEP UP CIVIL SUPPORT DURING DOMESTIC CATASTROPHES

U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., said recently they would move to...

February 12, 2008

SNOWE & COLLINS PRAISE EDA HIRING OF ALAN BRIGHAM AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR ME, NH & MA

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) today commended the Economic Development Administration (EDA) for hiring Alan Brigham of Windham, Maine, as...

February 12, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS COMMENDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK IMPROVEMENT ACT

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today lauded passage of legislation, in the House of Representatives, to improve Acadia National Park. This legislation, which is the companion version...

February 11, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS REQUESTS JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT FUNDING

During a conversation today with Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson, Sagadahoc/Knox/Lincoln/Waldo County District Attorney Geoff Rushlau, and Maine State...

February 11, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS REQUESTS JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT FUNDING

During a recent conversation with Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson, Sagadahoc/Knox/Lincoln/Waldo County District Attorney Geoff Rushlau, and Maine State...

February 08, 2008

SEN. COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON COURT REJECTION OF EPA MERCURY RULE

The U.S. Court of Appeals has rejected the Environmental Protection Agency’s mercury rule. Senator Collins, who opposed the rule, issued this statement: "The court's...

February 08, 2008

“The Inspiring Vision Of The Penobscot River Restoration Project”

I recently had the pleasure of meeting in Washington with leaders of the Penobscot River Restoration Trust, who presented me with beautiful photo of an alewife swimming upstream in...

February 08, 2008

SEN. COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON COURT REJECTION OF EPA MERCURY RULE

The U.S. Court of Appeals has rejected the Environmental Protection Agency’s mercury rule. Senator Collins, who opposed the rule, issued this statement: "The court's...

February 07, 2008

SENATE APPROVES ECONOMIC STIMULUS BILL

The U.S. Senate has approved a compromise version of an economic stimulus bill that includes provisions to provide tax rebate checks to retired seniors, disabled veterans, and...

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS REQUEST ASSISTANCE FOR SAS SHOEMAKERS EMPLOYEES IN PITTSFIELD

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON DAVID WALKER’S DEPARTURE FROM GAO

SENATOR COLLINS MOURNS THE PASSING OF DICK WARREN

SENATOR COLLINS QUESTIONS DHS CHIEF ON TWIC CARD AVAILABILITY

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES THAT THE NAVY HAS AWARDED BATH IRON WORKS $1.4 BILLION FOR DDG-1000 CONSTRUCTION

SENATOR COLLINS QUESTIONS DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF ABOUT PROPOSED CUTS TO HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $285,000 CONTRACT FOR MAINE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

COLLINS QUESTIONS DHS CHIEF ABOUT PROPOSED CUTS TO HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS

SENATORS SNOWE AND COLLINS ISSUE STATEMENT ON NOMINATION OF PETER CIANCHETTE TO BE AMBASSADOR TO COSTA RICA

LEGISLATION NEEDED TO REQUIRE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES TO STEP UP CIVIL SUPPORT DURING DOMESTIC CATASTROPHES

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $31,682 FOR NORWAY FIRE DEPARTMENT

NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES TO STEP UP CIVIL SUPPORT DURING DOMESTIC CATASTROPHES

SNOWE & COLLINS PRAISE EDA HIRING OF ALAN BRIGHAM AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR ME, NH & MA

SENATOR COLLINS COMMENDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK IMPROVEMENT ACT

SENATOR COLLINS REQUESTS JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT FUNDING

SENATOR COLLINS REQUESTS JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT FUNDING

SEN. COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON COURT REJECTION OF EPA MERCURY RULE

“The Inspiring Vision Of The Penobscot River Restoration Project”

SEN. COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON COURT REJECTION OF EPA MERCURY RULE

SENATE APPROVES ECONOMIC STIMULUS BILL